President Trump Monday signed an executive order that aims to prosecute burning of the American flag , even though the Supreme Court has ruled it is legitimate political expression protected by the First Amendment.

The order, which acknowledges the top court’s 1989 ruling on the issue , instructs the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute, “to the fullest extent permissible under any available authority,” anyone caught burning the Stars and Stripes on the grounds that the action “is likely to incite imminent lawless action.”

“(It) incites riots at levels we’ve never seen before,” Trump told reporters at a White House signing ceremony, claiming that some people may be “going crazy” to support burning the flag while supporters may get angry at people for burning it.

He did no

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